Bernardo -Members of the King’s guard who perform the night watch guard at Elsinore
Claudius - newly crowned King of Denmark and brother to deceased King Hamlet, married to the king’s widow, Gertrude, Hamlet’s uncle
Cornelius - a courtier at Claudius’ court
Doctor/Priest - Doctor of Divinity, or priest
Fortinbras- Prince of Norway; his father was killed in battle by King Hamlet.
Francisco -members of the King’s guard who perform the night watch guard at Elsinore
Gentlewoman
Gertrude - Queen of Denmark, and Hamlet’s mother. Married to Claudius, the brother of her first husband deceased King Hamlet
Ghost - spirit of Hamlet‘s dead father, previous King of Denmark and husband to Gertrude
Gravedigger - A man who digs Ophelia’s grave : First Gravedigger, Second Gravedigger
Hamlet Prince of Denmark, son of the deceased King Hamlet and Queen Gertrude and nephew of King Claudius.
Horatio - a Hamlet’s best friend and confidant at Wittenberg
King Hamlet - deceased King of Denmark, Prince Hamlet’s father.
Laertes - Polonius’ son and Ophelia‘s brother
Marcellus -Members of the King’s guard who perform the night watch guard at Elsinore
Ophelia - Polonius’ daughter, in love with Hamlet
Osric - a courtier at Claudius’ court
Players - Actors hired by Hamlet to perform a play reenacting his father’s murder: Lucianus - a character in the play-within-the-play, Player Queen, Player King
Polonius - Chief Counselor to Claudius; his right-hand man, father of Ophelia and Laertes
Reynaldo - a servant of Polonius
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - Hamlet’s friends from school and King’s courtiers summoned by Claudius to spy on Hamlet.
Hamlet
Hamlet
Characters